The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-02
STATE BOARD OF EDU CATIONS WORK.
Preparation of Questions for Teachers to An
swer-High-School Commissions Granted.

The State Board of Education continued its
session yesterday, devoting the greater portion
of the time to routine business and the prepare
ton of questions for examination of teachers.
These questions are not prepared under any
legal requirement. but simply by agreement
with the county superintendents who use them.
The object is to unity the examina tions through
out the State. No answers prepared, the
county superintendent being primarily judges
of the correctness of answers, subject to appeal
to the State board.
The high-schools of the following named
towns were commissioned to prepare pupils for
entrance to the State University, without spe-
cial examination at the university Anderson,
Attca, Bloomfield. Butler Cam bridge City, De-
catur Dublin. Ednburg, Franklin, Garrett,
Greencastle. Hagecstown, Huntington, Kendall
vile, LaGro, Lagrange Lawrencebure, Marion,
MishawaKa, Muncie, New Castle. Pendeton,
Shelbyville. Spencer and Worthington. Com
missions were refused to Clinton. Oakland City
and WestfelG the first two because they have
no graduating classes this year, and the third
because it is not public school. 1t ordered
that nc commission should be issued hereafter
to any school which has no graduating class for
for the year in which the application is pre-
sented.
At the evening session the following rasolu-
ton was adopted:
Resolved That the examination for professional
license include the following branches: algebra gram
mar civil government American literature science
of education and of the following three subjects
eIenoents Of physics elements of botany or Latin
(Iatin grammar, books of Cesar and two of vir-
glib and further. resolved, that the examination for
tho State license include geometry rhetoric physical
geography general history. English literature and
of the following three: chemistry geology and
ology.
The only change made by this from the former
lists is the Introduction of Latin as an optional
subject.
The time for the next meeting of the board
was fixed at Tuesday, Jan. TO- 1883, at 7:3O P.
The matter of special examinations of teachers
in the branches of German. music and drawing
referred TO a committee, composed of the
three city superin endents. for report at the
January meeting By motion the place of the
January meeting fixed at Lafayette, with a
condition that it might be changed to Indian
apoiis
The committee appoin ted to consider the mat
ter of organizing institute work recommended
that committee be appointed TO act in commune
ton with the executive committee of the State
Teachers Association and In conjunction with
the executive COMMITTEES of the convention of
county superintendents for the pur-
pose of having the subject of proper
methods and procedure in institute work
resented at the meetings of those associations,
and that this committee report progress to the
State board The report was adopted, and by
consent Superintendent Jones. of Indianapolis;
President Parsons, or Terre Haute and State
committee. In this connection it stated
tina. there would be a half-days convention of
institute workers At the time of the State Teach
ers Association, during the last week Of Deem
ber